DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/26 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 55.1 - - 60.6 - - 60.7 - - 52.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 39 - - 87 - - 30 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1012 - - 1598 - - 2094 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 920 - - 920 - - 920 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1901 - - 2487 - - 2983 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 406 - - 568 - - 435 - - 1473 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 144 - - 216 - - 171 - - 15 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 7 - - 11 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 057 - - 055 - - 063 - - 055 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 1 - - -2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -389 - - -134 - - -915 - - -1583 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2290 - - 2621 - - 3898 - - 2519 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6842 - - -4219 - - -5646 - - -9476 ODpotential blCL - - - 8743 - - 6706 - - 8629 - - 10412 blCL maxRH - - - 88 - - 95 - - 90 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.1 - - 60.6 - - 60.7 - - 52.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 48.7 - - 52.6 - - 47.2 - - 44.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 54.8 - - 60.0 - - 60.6 - - 53.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 48.0 - - 51.7 - - 46.4 - - 44.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 39 - - 87 - - 30 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1012 - - 1598 - - 2094 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 53 - - 79 - - 59 - - 18 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 8 - - 7 - - 6 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96921 13 262 18 261 30 262 29 277 96921 89799 10 212 15 247 18 261 14 276 89799 84282 4 243 14 233 10 233 7 259 84282 79681 3 210 13 215 11 222 8 255 79681 75718 2 223 11 201 9 227 12 239 75718 72221 3 281 6 212 9 232 14 247 72221 69051 8 266 5 247 9 245 14 265 69051 66128 11 271 9 264 12 252 14 252 66128 63411 17 262 13 268 14 257 15 246 63411 60777 21 252 18 263 18 261 17 245 60777 58029 23 254 24 258 23 254 23 254 58029 55185 26 260 29 261 31 253 30 258 55185 52471 34 262 39 255 36 256 33 252 52471 50011 38 250 38 255 38 258 35 256 50011 47784 38 255 43 260 48 255 40 249 47784 45758 46 250 51 253 50 250 47 261 45758 43927 48 245 50 247 53 253 65 265 43927 42266 48 252 48 253 58 255 71 251 42266 40731 52 257 49 253 59 252 58 244 40731 39286 53 263 50 255 51 272 44 267 39286 37923 50 262 53 257 49 270 60 291 37923 36606 50 259 56 256 51 257 64 291 36606 35263 50 260 53 255 55 259 53 280 35263 33863 47 259 48 254 52 258 50 271 33863 32406 47 257 45 252 45 256 49 267 32406 30877 47 252 40 250 40 252 47 266 30877 29263 41 249 37 254 38 259 44 266 29263 27572 41 238 36 256 38 264 42 262 27572 25803 41 236 41 253 39 261 39 262 25803 23954 32 240 41 251 36 261 36 262 23954 22030 28 249 41 250 31 257 35 259 22030 20028 34 257 40 246 36 248 35 255 20028 17942 39 261 36 250 36 252 32 253 17942 15819 31 265 32 256 33 258 28 257 15819 13776 22 274 27 258 26 263 24 255 13776 11919 21 280 20 260 22 262 19 253 11919 10272 19 284 19 263 17 267 15 261 10272 8811 14 279 14 272 14 262 10 267 8811 7515 9 279 13 287 11 261 8 251 7515 6365 10 293 13 283 11 260 7 236 6365 5346 10 284 13 271 12 255 9 240 5346 4448 11 275 11 269 8 251 8 234 4448 3658 9 279 6 268 2*103 8 165 3658 2958 3 307 5*057 10*066 13 106 2958 2347 15*061 8*056 11 064 18 067 2347 1842 15*059 8 055 11 062 18 058 1842 1456 14 058 8 055 12 062 17 057 1456 1190 12 056 7 054 11 061 14 057 1190 1028 11 057 7 054 10 061 12 057 1028 936 8 056 6 055 8 061 7*055 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography